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CHAP. 98.—THE FIRST KIND OF CAPNOS, KNOWN ALSO AS CHICKEN'S
FOOT: ONE REMEDY.

The first kind of capnos,1 known also as "chicken's foot,"2 is
found growing on walls and hedges: it has very thin,
straggling branches, with a purple blossom. It is used in a
green state, and the juice of it disperses films upon the eyes;
hence it is that it is employed as an ingredient in medicinal
compositions for the eyes.

1 Or "smoke-plant;" so called from its smell, which resembles that of
smoke or soot.

2 "Pedes gallinacei." Identified by Fée with the Corydalis digitata (,f
Persoon, or else the C. bulbosa, or C. fabacea, several varieties of Fu-
mitory.

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